Baker&#39;s peel



Patented May 2, 1933 HENRY L. I SCHROEDER, or ,QHICAGO, 'ILLINoIs 'LBAKERS PEEL Application filed September 24, 1930. Serial :No. 484,050.

My invention relates to bakers peels and has for its object to provide improved,s1m-

ple and efficient means for connecting together the blades and handles of the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide improvements in the construction of detachable metallic connections designed for connecting'together the handle and the blade of the bakers peel which is simple in 0 construction, efiicient in use and comparative 1y inexpenslve to manufacture.

Other objects of the invention will a ppear from the preferred embodiment thereof as described in the following SP6C1fiC1t10n W1tl1 reference to the drawing forming a part 7 thereof, the novel features beingset forth in; q 7

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theappended claims.

I In the said drawing, V

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a bakers peel embodying my of the heel part adjacent the handle .con nection broken away to showthe construction of underlying parts. i g f f 7 .Figs. 2 and 3- are longitudinal sectional views of a portion of the bakers peel including the handle and connections, the view in Fig. 2 being taken on the line 22 of Fig.

1, looking in the direction indicatedby the arrows and also approximatelyonthe line 22 of Fig. 3, whilethe section in Fig. 3 is taken at right angles to the sectionFig. 2 and approximately on the line 3-3 thereof, looking in th Fig. 4 is a view taken on elusive, respectively, j

Fig. 5 is anienlarged transverse :detailed sectional view on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by thear- T rows, illustrating further the manner of connecting the elongated .wood or fiber portion of the handle to themetallic connecton; Fig. 6 is an enlarged, transverse, sectional view on the line6-6 of Fig.1, look- 1 in in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 7 is a broken longitudinal sectional view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of detachable handle used in connection with the form of peel blade shown in s Fig. 1.

3 detailed, transverse sectional invention andhaving a portion.

direction indicated by the arrows.

lines k4: of Figs. 1 to 3 ins detailed 8 broken, detailed viewi illustrating a portion of the peel blade of'Fi'g, 1 with a further modified formof hztndleconstruction provided with a two-part detachable connector adapted to interchange with; the

form of handle and connector shown in Figs.

1 to 3 inclusive. 1 Figs. I9 andlO are broken longitudinal and transverse sectional views beingjtaken on lines 9 -9 andlO-IO respectivelyof Fig. 6

8,: looking in' the direction indicated by the.

arrows. I 7

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the peel embodied in my invention is made upof a blade 10 of substantially conventional construction, being usually'rnade' form. ;At the heel end, the blade is usually thickest for'strengthenin'g purposes andfin 7 order that it may function somewhat like a:

shovel, when introduced into anoven to remove loaves of bread o r to facilitate th'ewithdrawal of the blade'by retra'ctile movement from beneathloaves in an oven or upon an. othersupport the other'end of the blade 10, x as designated at 11 will be preferably some what thinned down according to the usual practice whiclrfeature is not shownsince it has no bearing 'upon my invention. The heel of the peel blade is providedwitha kerf or 0 slot that is preferably formed by the. teeth of acircular saw blade. This kerf or cut is. designated by the reference character i 12, Figs. 1 and 6, the kerf orcut being substantially parallel with the top and bottom of the 8 surface of the blade 'lOat the heel end .approximately midway therebetween. as (illus: trated, inFig. 6,the bottom oftheker-f or slot therefore being a segment of the circle as illustrated in Fig.1.] v

f Animportant feature ofl'my invention resides in the constructionof a plate 13 whic'h' is formed or metal of substantially the thickness of the slotorkerflQ'; so that itmay bev inserted in the sl'ot and securedtherein by suitable pins or rivets 14:, which are passed through registering perforations in the heel" portion of thepeel blade and in the plate 13.

While the pins or rivets14= may take vari-..

which is headed, as shown in Fig. 6, the end of the rivet opposite the head being of hollow or tubular form so that it may be readily expanded or upset at the free end to secure these pins or rivets in the wood with both ends thereof slightly embedded in the wood and hence below the normal surface thereof at the heel end of the blade so that the normal wood surface of the peel blade will slide upon the oven surfaces or othersurfaces in connecting with which the peel is to be used.

At right angles to the slot 12, at the heel end of the blade beginning at the heel end, I cut a longitudinal slot in the bladethat extends from the top to the bottom of the flat sides thereof as indicated in F igs; l and 6, and designated by reference character 15. This slot 15 will have parallel sides extending inwardly to theapproximate depth of the'kferf or cut 12 and'when desired at the bottom thereof, it may be rounded, as desig nated at 16, Fig. 1. In peels constructed with wood blades heretofore; metallic plates some- ,what similar to my plate 13 may have been used in connection with longitudinally disposed slots ext-ending inwardly from the heel edge of the blade and reaching from its top to its bottom surfaces, as shown in my prior Patent No. 1,195,510 of August 22, 1916.

However, diflicultyhas been experiencedin' the use of detachable handles in connection with such peel blades. on account of contact of the handle or handle connector with the adjacent wood portions of'the peel blade,

audit is an importantfeature of my present invention that'I out the slot 15 extending inwardly from the heel'of the peel blade and reaching through from the top to the bottom surface of a width somewhat wider than the metallic connection portion of the handle so that upon insertion of the handle the metallic parts thereon will not depend upon the wood sides of the slot in procuring'alignment of the handle. Viding an offset portion in the plate 13, as designated by reference character 17. The metallic plate 13 will preferably be sheared from suitable metal as sheet steel. An eco-. 'nomica'l method of cutting this plate is to shear it so'that it will ha ve two longitudinal parallel sides as illustrated in shorter sides of the quadrilateral when the plate is inserted in the slot. 12 in the manner illustrated in Fig. l

will form chords of the circle" 'atthe bottom of the slot 12 with the respective four corners of the quadrilateral shaped plate substantially in contact with the circular bottom ofthe slot 12 as shown clearly in Fig. 1. Since the innermost side edge of theplate 13 is a chordof'the circular bottomof'the slot 12, there will be a portion of the slot 15 near the'bottom lthereof that will not be intersected by the plate, therefore providing a suitable' opening for the hooked This is accomplished by pro Fig. 1 with two opposed'converging edges so thatthe gthree end of the metallic connector on the handle, to be presently described. The elongated offset portion 17 at the middle of the plate 13 may be of any desired depth commensurate with the thickness of the metallic connector portion of the handle, but I prefer to offset a suflicient amount as illustrated in Fig. 6, to substantially permit thecountersinking of the handle portion in the manner shown, at the sametime providing a connection between the metallic 'connector of the handle and the plate so that suitable headed bolts and nuts may be utilized in making a temporarily permanent but detachable connection between the handle and the peel, blade in types of peels where such connection is desired. I

I willnowdescribe the construction of the. handle and -metallic connector for use in connection with a peel blade with a plate 13 and an offset portion 17 as hereinbeforedee scribed, the same being designated by the reference character 20 and in the present embodiment being'a casting of brass, iron. aluminum or other suitable material,- aluminum being preferred for li'ghtness and dura: bility, on account ofits heat insulating quality, wood being preferred for the handle portion'21. The metallic connector 20 is preferably'formed with a. flattened side adapted to lie within the depression or offset portion 17 of the plate 13 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 6, there being a'shoulder formed at 25 forco operating with the outer 1ongitudinal edge ofthe plate 13 and a hooked projection or shoulder 26 for 'cooperating with the inner side edge of the plate 13 in the bottom of the slot 15. This will result in a slightly thinned portion or shouldered section 27 on the metallic handle conmotor which will be perforated to take short threaded bolts .28 with nuts thereon forwill be well interposed between the top and bottonij side faces of the peel in the heel end so that'the handle will not wear by reasonof undue contact with metal parts of the oven in its'normal use of'introducing breadand removing the same from theoven.

Sn ce wood is the preferred material for use in the body; of the handle, it is an important part of my injvention that I provide a special and economical construction for securely interlocking and oining together the wood portion of the handle and the metal connector 20. 'To this end the'projecting partof the connector 20 is bifurcated so that there will be slightly two spaced branches 3O and'3ladapted to receive the'specially' formed cooperating end of the 'wood handlebetween them. The connector member 20;Figs." 2 and3, is slightly enlarged and thickened'in the; part thereof'designed to lierjust onithe outside of the end of the peel-blade, andiat the bottom of'the slot between the bifurcated branches 30 and 31 I prefer to provide a depression with a bottom'poxftion substantially curved in crosssection as designated by reference character '32,- Fig 2. Fo-r effi: ciency and economy in the construction of the wood handle and in assembling the parts, I also prefer to cast the inside and'opposite' walls of the metallic branches 30 and '31 of the handle so that these walls will be curved as indicated at 33-34, or substantially in the form of segments of a circle 1 The body portion of the wood handle 21 may be round or oval in cross section or even approaching the rectangular shape with the corners, of course, rounded for the convenience of the operator in grasping the same, and I have provided a metallic connector for the handle which permits of an economical method of shaping the co-operating end of the wood handle so that it may be formed rapidly on automatic machinery with simple operations. when the metallic connector 20 is formed of any of the usual metals, of course, the branches 3031 will have some flexibility but very little is required in normally assembling the parts, since these branches are shown slightly divergent from the socket opening 32, outwardly, and with the curved inner side Walls 333et it is an important feature of my invention that the co-operating end of the Wood handle 21 may be formed completely rectangular in cross section, decreasing in its cross sectional diameter downward toward the end where it will be formed with a tongue 35 also rectangular in .cross'section and preferably a drive fit for the opening 32.

By this construction of curved surfaces in the sides of the branches 31-30 and at the bottom of the socket 32, a new and surprising result is obtained in the fitting of the handle 21 to the metallic connection. When the rectangular wedge-shaped wood handle 21 is inserted between the metal branches 30 31 and pressed downwardly toward the s0cket 32 at the bottom, the fibers of the wood, especially at the corners will be compressed between the metal in the manner indicated at 10 in Fig. eand by pressure or driving at the outer end of the wood handle, the parts will be assembled so that the wood at the corners will be compressed and under pressure from the metal and thus assure a tight lit between wood and metal, which, by reason of the pressure and co-operation of the wood at the corners, will not, due to the efiect of the heat or drying, cause the wood to loosen in its fitting on the handle connector. This effect is further produced by reason of the contact atthe lower end of "the 'wood handle by thetongue 35 which will presentsubstantially right angle cornersto the-curved bottom portion 32 whereby such corners will also M become flattened and compressed, affording at the forward end of the wood a connection under compression. Furthermore, this cons struction is economical inthat it will admit of some variation in the cutting of the wood handle 21 is introduced'into the connectorbetween the bifurcated "branches 30-31, heretofore described, theparts may be'olamp-; ed together by the use of suitable headed bolts 41, screw threaded on one end to take suitable clampingnuts. v

I The-peel blade with the improved metal plate'13, having central ofiset portion 17111213 conveniently be usedwith connectingdetachable forms of'handle's as illustrated, for example, in Fig. 7, :where a wood handle 50 is "shown secured to' a metallic connector '2 1 having two co-operating projections, oneat 7 2 extending inwardly with a slight downward inclination,*while the other at". 3 is a downward projection'enabling the operator with this type of handle to insert it in theslot formed by the offset portion 17 of the plate, wlien' the peel may be introduced by such connection through the door of an oven 01% withdrawn therefrom, this connection being obviously a quickly detachable one that may be desirable in some conditions of peel operaioo 'In Figs. 8, 9' and 10,1 show another formof metallic conneotor for peel'handle that will' function in connection-with the peel blade provided with the offset metallicplate 1'3 of Figspl and 6-,and while this form of handle connection is highly efiicient, it is more expensive than the form shown in connection with Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive. I

50 is a wood handle of any desired construction, while 5lland 52 are flat metallic 1nem-' bers that are adapted to extend on the top and bottom surface of the offset portion 17 ofethe plate 13,-being.clainpedthereto by suitable bolts 63 being placed-through coits operating perforations therein. 1 The metal licconnector whichis; formed bythe union of these members 51 52 similarinconstruction to the form shown in Figs. .1, ,2 and 3, being provided with spaced apart branches 53-54mm are pref-erablycurved on their inner sides in the same manner as the branches 30- -31 of the previouslydescribed connector.

At the bottoniof the members 53 and-5 4,

where they are joined in the assembly shown in Fig. 8, there isa socket formed at 55, which is adapt'ed to take the depending wood tongue 56 of the handle 50, just like the tongue 35 on the wood handle'shown in Figs. 2"and' 5;

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be split or divided in the manner illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 in two parts, readily separable, the line of division being illustrated by diagonal lines 57 and 58, Fig. 8, and the short longitudinal line 59 shown in Fig. 8. This construction in fact makes the two detachable parts of the metal connector consisting of the handle branches 53 and 54 and the plate branches 51 and52, substantially duplirates of each other so that one pattern may be used in casting the parts which may be clamped together in pairs, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, by means of the clamping bolts 60 y-61 in Fig. 8 co-operating with the wood part of the handle and the aforesaid bolts 63 which clamp the connector'to the offset portion of the plate 17 of. the peel.

I have provided a construction of the peel with a detachable handle of an exceedingly durable, economical and. highly efficient type as compared with devices heretofore employed for this purpose.

I claim:

1. A handle attaching deviceadapted for use in connection with peel blades having me tallichandle plates at the rear edge thereof provided with offset handle attaching portions, comprising a handle member adapted to engage a metallic plate of the peeland consisting of a wooden shaft and a metallic connector secured thereto, there beinga tapered portion 011 the said wood handle adapted to co-operate with said metallic connector, said tapered portionbeing substantially rectangular in cross section, there being a tapered socket on the metallic connector, said socketconsisting of two spaced-apart members provided with opposing and inner curved surfaces adapted to engage and compress angular portions formed upon the wood handle. 7

2. A detachable handle for use with bakers peels provided with metallic handle connector plates comprising a wood shaft and a connector member secured thereto,v the said wood shaft being provided with an extremity of reduced diameter and rectangular in cross section, the said metallic connector being provided with a relatively flat extension being adapted to engage the metallic plate of a peel blade, therebeing an intermediate body portion in said metallic connector provided with a pair of integrally connected spaced apart longitudinally extending straps having inner opposing curved surfaces, there be-' ing a socket formed in the body portion of the, connector between the said spaced-apart straps with a contracted angular shaped bot: tom portion, the said reduced end of the wood shaft being provided with a tongue of re duced diameter,angular in cross section, for co-operating with the angular bottom portion of saidsocket, and means for clamping said wood handle member into the socket formed between the spaced members of the connector whereby the said rectangular corner edges of the reduced end of the wood handle including the angular corner edges of the said tongue at the extremities thereof will be flattened and compressed when, the said wood shaft and the metallic connector are in assembled relation, I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, on this 18th day of July, A. D. 1930.

HENRY L. SCHROEDER. 

